Sidelines: Fall sports review

Liberty Center girls cross county made it two straight state championships

12/6/2012

BY DONALD EMMONSBLADE SPORTS WRITER

Two trips, two big trophies for the Liberty Center girls cross country team, which gave the school back-to-back state championships.

The Liberty Center conquered the Division III girls competition at the state cross country championships for the second year in a row.

The Tigers, led by sophomore Brittany Atkinson, repeated as champions, although Atkinson came up short of repeating as the individual winner. She finished as runner-up with a time of 18 minutes, 6.67 seconds.

Kelly Haubert (ninth, 18:44.18), Paige Chamberlain (15th, 19:00.68), Olivia Kundo (55th, 19:50.54), and Rachel Pinson (73rd, 20:10.73) did their part to help the Tigers claim another state crown.

In Division I, Northview senior Janelle Noe put together a stellar season that culminated with her placing second overall at the state meet.

Noe's completed the 5,000-meter trail at National Trail Raceway in Hebron, Ohio, in a time of 17:40.88. As a team, the Wildcats finished fourth overall, the best in school history.